Total mortality in Lombardy was 300% higher than would be expected in the week ending 27 March

Excess mortality (%) in each week since January

2020, compared with the same week in 2015-19

300

Four fold increase

Three fold increase

200

Lombardia

Twice the expected

mortality

100

Liguria

Piemonte

Veneto

0

Campania

Lazio

-100

10 Jan

(week ending)

24

7

Feb

21

6

Mar

20

3

Apr

Excess mortality (%) in each week since January 2020, compared with the same week in 2015-19

300

Four fold increase

Three fold increase

200

Lombardia

Twice the expected mortality

100

Liguria

Piemonte

Veneto

0

Campania

Lazio

-100

10 Jan

(week ending)

24 Jan

7 Feb

21 Feb

6 Mar

20 Mar

3 Apr

Guardian graphic. Source: Italian National Statistics Institute. Note: no data for Italy for the week ending 3 January, because data for the last four days of 2019 were not available in the requisite form